Students receive cultural insight

INDIGENOUS CULTURE: Newbery Park Primary School students Mandy Berzel and Ryan Long developed their knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture through a session hosted by Boandik elder Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr. Picture: BROOKE LITTLEWOOD

NEWBERY Park Primary School students developed their knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture through an educational session, which encouraged them to “listen to their elders”.

Boandik elder Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr led the session, which was held in partnership with Forestry SA’s Lower South East Biodiversity Corridors Project and coordinated by Nature Glenelg Trust’s project ecologist Rose Thompson.

NPPS school support officer Angela Jones said students usually participate in excursions as part of the school’s forestry program, however this term